Tag: London Business School
News round-up: this week in governance
Racism at work; companies overwhelmed by ESG issues; the smartphone generation of ‘wireless investors’; employers who are ‘quiet firing’.
How to deal with an unprepared director
When a board colleague has not done their background reading, getting frustrated with them is not the only option.
Executive pay packet of £11m revives remuneration row
David Schwimmer, chief executive of LSE Group, stands to make twice as much as in 2022, according to a recent report.
Female CEOs take on less debt than male CEOs
Women are more risk-averse leaders than men, especially when market competition is high, research suggests.
News round-up: this week in governance
Iain McDonald to stay on THG board; London Business School’s ethical win; Big Four look to their own governance.
UK chief executive pay gap widens
In the FTSE 350, the median chief executive’s pay was 57 times that of the median employee in 2022, up from 56:1 the previous year.
CEO pay is rarely cut
But constraints such as shareholder guidelines can make board directors lower the pay offered to chief executives, research shows.
Academics criticise BlackRock gender diversity research
Its methodology came under fire, with some critics also pointing out it was wrong to focus on the business case for investing in women.
Say-on-pay votes lack link to sustainability
Very few investors use their AGM votes on executive pay as a spur to improve the company’s ESG performance, research shows.
Call to scrap ‘ESG’ as a term
The ESG label is ‘politicised, simplistic and restrictive’ and should be jettisoned, believes senior academic.